Notre-Dame (Bernay)

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The abbey church of Notre Dame of Bernay in Normandy is one of the oldest Norman churches in northern France . It was originally built from 1015 until after 1050. The capitals of the interior are particularly remarkable . The nave is 16 meters high and 8 meters wide. The upper storey was heavily renovated in the 17th century. The original elevation did not have a wall structure as can be seen today.

The building suffered various serious impairments: in the 15th century the apse was replaced by a Gothic one, the side apses were torn down and the north aisle was renewed. In the 17th century the nave was shortened by two bays and a new west facade was built. Each yoke of the south aisle was vaulted with a dome. After the revolution , the 15th century apse, the north transept and the apse of the south transept were destroyed. An exemplary restoration began in 1963. The walls in the nave were exposed and consolidated. With the restoration of the apsidioles (small niche as part of a large apse) in wood, however, the principle of "non-restauration", the unchanged preservation of what has been preserved, seems to have recently abandoned.

  • West facade

  • East facade

  • capital

  • Nave

literature

  • Marcel Durliat : Romanesque Art . Freiburg-Basel-Vienna 1983, p. 489.
  • Werner Schäfke : Normandy . Cologne [1981] 7th edition 1990. (DuMont art travel guide), p. 161 u. Fig. 37.
  • Rolf Toman (ed.): The art of the Romanesque. Architecture - sculpture - painting . Cologne 1996, p. 137.

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Coordinates: 49 ° 5 ′ 22 "  N , 0 ° 35 ′ 57"  E